Pubdate: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Copyright: 2014 Associated Press Contact: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/sendaletter.html Website: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/24 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) JUDGE OKS POT-DERIVED TREATMENT FOR 5-YEAR-OLD PHOENIX (AP) - A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled that a 5-year-old Mesa boy with debilitating seizures can be treated with marijuana extract, effectively reinterpreting Arizona's medical marijuana law. Judge Katherine Cooper ruled late Friday, in a preliminary injunction filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, that Zander Welton can legally consume extracts. In her ruling, Cooper said the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act authorizes qualifying patients to use extracts, including CBD oil, adapted from marijuana. The ACLU filing claimed Zander "is likely to suffer irreparable injury if his parents cannot treat him with a marijuana extract without fear of criminal prosecution." Under the state's medical marijuana law, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office considers marijuana extracts illegal. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom